[sdiy] Chaotic/lo-fi patching techniques

[Ben Lincoln]

If I were going to do something like that, I would definitely use the
latter type of approach - make some sort of adapter between the factory
patch panel and something else. That way you won't end up physically
damaging the real connectors. You could also use it as an opportunity to
*not* make connections to potentially dangerous connectors (power, etc)
that shouldn't be routed to the other pins.

On Mon, April 7, 2008 11:24 am, |||||||||| |||||||||| said:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm currently thinking about alternative ways of making connections on
> a modular synth, particularly of the primitive, somewhat random kind.
> For example, German Synthi AKS improviser Thomas Lehn sticks bits of
> metal in the Synthi "Prestopatch" slot and wiggles it around, to
> short-circuit between various modules and make all kinds of sudden
> complex noises...This is what I'm into as well. (It doesn't seem to
> harm his Synthi, by the way).
>
> I'd love to hear about other ways that people are "mechanically"
> interfacing with their synths. I vaguely remember seeing some design
> that just had a number of metal nails sticking up, for example, that
> one would either touch or clamp crocodile cables to.
> I also seem to remember something with a metal ball rolling around
> another bed of nails?
>
> Sorry to jump from lurking to taking up so much bandwidth all of a
> sudden, by the way...
>
> Thank you for any hints, suggestions etc!
>
> Alex
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